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Tips on Hiring a Las Vegas Wrongful Death Lawyer

Any person or company that negligently causes a person to die in a Las Vegas accident is liable for money damages to the Survivors as specified by the Nevada Wrongful Death Act. Let me first say that I, Jack Bernstein am truly sorry that your loved family member died as a result of someone being careless. There is no way to turn back the clock and bring them back to life. The only way we have to get you some measure of justice is to win you money for the wrongful death to make your life a little more comfortable. (In case anyone wonders why I take these cases so serious, my brother died as a result of a wrongful death when I was 6. I am currently 52 in 2011 and I understand the pain you have. I get a good feeling of helping to do justice on every case I fight to help my client's get compensated.)

Under the Nevada Wrongful Death Statute, the heirs of the decedent and the personal representative of the deceased may each bring an action for money damages against the person who caused the wrongful death. In addition, the court or jury may award each person money damages for the grief and sorrow, loss of probable support, companionship, society, comfort and consortium, and for pain and suffering. The Wrongful Death Act is complicated and it is best to hire an experienced Las Vegas Wrongful death lawyer. At Jack Bernstein and Associates the partners have vast experience in using the wrongful death law to recover money damages for suffering caused to family members due to the negligence of others resulting in a Las Vegas wrongful death accident. Most Las Vegas wrongful death accident cases unfortunately are the result of a negligent driver in a car accident. Often times the wrongful death accident is caused by a drunk driver. Call Jack G. Bernstein, Esq. now * with twenty eight years experience at 702-434-4444 or 1-888-529-4529 toll free, or my legal partner, Scott L. Poisson, Esq. with eighteen years of experience at the numbers listed (we personally answer our calls), or email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for a free consultation of your Las Vegas wrongful death accident or any type of Las Vegas personal injury case.

Nevada Wrongful Death Law States Which Family Members Win Money

Nevada wrongful death law indicates which relatives of the deceased are entitled to an award of money damages from a negligent person or company that causes a Las Vegas wrongful death. There is no definite amount of money damages that a person who loses a loved family member due to a wrongful death is entitled to. The amount of money you are entitled to be awarded is determined by the experience and judgment of the Las Vegas wrongful death lawyer.  Jack and his partner Scott will evaluate all the facts and circumstances involved in the wrongful death accident. Attorney Jack Bernstein will use his twenty eight years of experience handling wrongful death accidents to help your family and he only gets paid attorney fees if he wins your case. The evidence in a wrongful death case is stronger when the facts leading to the wrongful death are more shocking such as in a drunk driver car accident. The more alcohol the drunk driver had in him or her before causing the wrongful death, the more difficulty the insurance company and defence lawyer will have defending the case. Eight people on a Las Vegas jury will be shocked at someone who drove a car after drinking a lot of alcohol. There won't be a dry eye in the courtroom once our Las Vegas wrongful death lawyers present the witnesses and the story to the jury. Typically a jury will award a high amount of money to show they were outraged at the circumstances that caused the wrongful death.

Experienced Lawyers and a Strong Wrongful Death Case Presentation

Wrongful death lawyer Jack Bernstein and wrongful death lawyer Scott Poisson, have extensive experience in assembling a strong presentation for the defence lawyer and the insurance company. We make them realize they will lose the case and cause them to pay the highest range of money possible for your loved ones death due to the Las Vegas wrongful death accident. We make sure the corporate big wigs sitting in their home office that determine what they need to pay to resolve the case understand exactly what the jury will see and hear. This helps avoid an emotional trial where the insurance company insurance adjusters could lose the ability to control the amount they must pay out. It is very important that there be an experienced Las Vegas personal injury lawyer familiar with the presentation of wrongful death cases working on your case. If the wrongful death in Las Vegas was caused by a car accident, it requires specific knowledge to present the case in the strongest way to win you the most money possible.  Jack Bernstein and Scott Poisson use their extensive personal injury case knowledge and experience to supervise their staff of lawyers and paralegals to present your Las Vegas wrongful death case in the strongest possible light. We have the financial resources, litigation skills, and the staff, to stand up and fight the insurance company on the most complicated wrongful death accident case.

Important Las Vegas Wrongful Death Case Evidence

Our Las Vegas Wrongful Death Lawyers will ask you for photographs of your deceased loved one in numerous settings which we will include in the presentation of the case to demonstrate the importance of the loss. We often use, photos taken during Christmas or Thanksgiving, at weddings, or at a barbeque, as well as photos covering the person's lifetime beginning when they were born and continuing until the most recent photo taken before their wrongful death. In prior Las Vegas wrongful death cases we have used home videos with deceased loved ones which helped present a clear understanding of the depth of a person's emotional suffering due to the wrongful death of their family member. We will ask you for sentimental things like High School or college diplomas,  a baptism certificate, report card, birthday card, photos of a medal from a sporting or music competition, and things from the funeral to show the personal injury and loss you have suffered due to the Las Vegas wrongful death accident. In a wrongful death case I worked on, I sent the receipt for a cross that contained the deceased daughter's ashes that the mom wore around her neck. In other wrongful death accident cases, our presentation included DVD's with family member interviews discussing the deceased loved one and the affect the wrongful death had on the surviving family member's life.  Our Las Vegas wrongful death lawyers also include in our presentation interviews of engineer experts who explain how the Las Vegas wrongful death accident happened, and doctor interviews to show portions of the testimony in advance of a Las Vegas wrongful death trial to the managers of the insurance company that decide how much money to offer to settle the wrongful death case and avoid trial of the wrongful death case in Clark County District Court.  Our Las Vegas wrongful death lawyers prepare presentations in this manner to permit these insurance company managers to understand the serious nature the testimony of the loved ones, and experts will have on the jury in a wrongful death case, without waiting for the actual trial. Presentations by our wrongful death lawyers helps to avoid an unnecessary trial and avoids the added grief involved in litigating a Las Vegas wrongful death case.

In presenting a Las Vegas wrongful death accident case, all important evidence should be part of the demand presentation to the insurance company. Every wrongful death case is unique since every person is unique and the evidence must be thought through by an experienced Las Vegas personal injury lawyer such as Jack Bernstein who has been handling wrongful death accidents for twenty eight years. Some important evidence for example in a drunken driving case is the police officer video of the drunk driver taken while they were given the road side sobriety tests.  A good Las Vegas wrongful death accident presentation should include the police report which normally has witness statements attached, important evidence from the court clerks criminal file, such as the police interviews where a drunk driver often confesses to the number of alcoholic drinks or drugs taken. The Las Vegas wrongful death lawyer should include a driver's license history which might reveal prior drunk driving arrests, or a series of prior traffic tickets which can help prove your case and strengthen the presentation. That will lead to you getting a higher settlement.  Additional important evidence in a wrongful death accident can be the police 911 tapes which I have used in my personal injury cases before. Often witnesses call in and make statements under the excitement of the accident which can help to prove what happened. Additional evidence presented in Las Vegas wrongful death accident cases includes funeral expense, and future earning losses. In some wrongful death accident cases an expert economist report will show the lost wages over the person's lifetime. A good presentation goes a long way towards helping your case settle quickly and for the top amount of money because the insurance company will know our Las Vegas wrongful death lawyers have extensive experience in helping people that have suffered a Las Vegas wrongful death.

Reasons to Bring a Las Vegas Wrongful Death Case

Two good reasons exist why you should make a claim for the wrongful death of your loved one. The first is to get money compensation to assist you financially and to give you and your family some added comfort due to the wrongful death of your loved one. The second reason to make a claim for the wrongful death is to send a message to other people, companies and to the person or company that caused the wrongful death of your family member, that such behaviour will not go unpunished by the citizens of Las Vegas. You help to send a signal to others by making a wrongful death claim to be more careful so other families don't have to suffer due to a wrongful death in Las Vegas. For example, it might get someone to call for a taxi when they are drunk instead of getting behind the wheel and killing someone else or cause a company to safeguard a door to prevent an accident.

It is important that you fight back by hiring an experienced Las Vegas wrongful death lawyer to bring a claim. Drunk drivers that cause a Las Vegas wrongful death or company employees that are careless and cause a wrongful death need to be forced by their bosses to be more careful. Our Las Vegas wrongful death lawyers want anyone that drinks and drives drunk to be aware that our experienced Las Vegas personal injury lawyers we will fight hard to get you the maximum money for what happened. Although the State of Nevada will enforce criminal sanctions such as revoking the driver's license of a drunk driver who causes a Las Vegas wrongful death accident, the person who lost their loved one will also pursue the maximum civil consequences allowed by law. Jack Bernstein and Scott Poisson, are experienced Las Vegas wrongful death lawyers, and they will turn up the maximum legal pressure, to make certain that the maximum money is recovered for the Las Vegas wrongful death accident. Attorney Jack Bernstein will edit and review the Las Vegas wrongful death case presentation to make certain that the most effective picture is painted to win you the most money and in the shortest possible time. A strong presentation of your Las Vegas wrongful death case often results in an earlier settlement and avoids delay that happens once a case gets drawn into a lawsuit. If a Las Vegas wrongful death lawsuit must be filed, we will do that ourselves and do not refer your case out to another firm. We are Las Vegas wrongful death litigation lawyers.

Call Jack G. Bernstein, Esq. now * with twenty eight years experience at 702-434-4444 or 1-888-529-4529 toll free, or my legal partner, Scott L. Poisson, Esq. with eighteen years of experience at the numbers listed (we personally answer our calls), or email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for a free consultation of your Las Vegas wrongful death accident or any type of Las Vegas personal injury case.